MUMBAI: Star India?s English movie channel Star Movies will launch the ?Animation Domination? block from Monday to Friday at 7 pm next month.

The special block will screen animated titles like ?Rio?, ?Ratatouille?, ?Ice Age 3?, ?Cars 2?, ?Wall-E? and ?Finding Nemo?.

Star Movies will also premier ?Brave? - this year?s Oscar winner for the best animation movie on 25 May at 9 pm. ?Brave? is the story of Princess Merida, a spectacular archer, who goes on a solitary journey into the forest to change her fate.

MUMBAI: The Karnataka Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (KAVGC) Summit and ABAI Fest 2012 will kick off on 8 December in Bangalore.

The two-day summit is organised jointly by ABAI, the creative industry association, and Karnataka state government?s department of IT, BT and S&T.

The organisers of the event have roped in HP as the platinum sponsor. With ABAI, HP is planning to have some technical sessions during the event.

Government of Karnataka principal secretary- Dept. of IT, BT and S&T I S N Prasad said, "We are committed to making the AVGC (Animation, Visual effects, Gaming and Comics) industry a major success with Karnataka as a hub. To this end we have announced the first ever policy and are collaborating with the education, technology and creative sectors to launch this initiative. This annual summit will help clarify and announce our plans."

The event aims at providing the creative community with opportunities to have discussions related to business, creative and technical advancements, talent development, show-casing projects, confidence building among investors, creating awareness among public and media about the industry, its future, policy initiatives, and benefits.

The event is expected to have national and international experts, creative people, technical people, Bollywood, "regional films" including Kannada films, businessmen, investors, supportive government officials, members of the academia and students.

NEW DELHI: Four schemes finalised during the Eleventh Plan by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry have now been shifted to the 12th Plan because of tardy progress in getting approvals of the Planning Commission.

Noting that the Ministry has failed to learn lessons from the past, the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Information Technology has exhorted the Ministry to look into this and ensure that the implementation of the schemes start during the first year itself or in the earlier part of the year so that the allocations earmarked for the year 2012-13 are utilised.

The schemes are setting up of a Global Film School; setting up of a National Centre of Excellence for Animation, Gaming and Special Effects; National Film Heritage Mission under Film Sector; and an International Channel under Doordarshan, which could not be formally approved during the long period of five years.

The plan for upgrading the Film and Television Institute of India into a Global Film School had been finalised with comprehensive rationalisation and restructuring but it will now be included in the umbrella scheme of Infrastructure Development programme relating to Film Sector in the 12th Plan.

The National Centre of Excellence for Animation, Gaming and Special Effects and the Doordarshan International channel are now new schemes under the 12th Plan, while the National Film Heritage Mission is part of the Twelfth Plan new scheme as a Special Mission.

When asked about timeline chalked out for early approval and implementation of these Schemes, the Ministry has replied that the approval of new schemes involves a four stage appraisal-cum-approval process: in-principle approval; preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) and preparation of EFC /SFC memos; appraisal of SFC / EFC memos; and approval by the competent authority.